Maryanne, I have the same tendancy. The kitchen is clean, the bathroom is clean, the worst of it is picked up elsewhere, but there is a lot of dust around and behind and under things.
I made the big push this weekend to wire my son's room (with a couple of mis-steps and a trip to Home Depot for a new, larger and longer drill bit.) Today, when he came in, I moved a couple of pieces out of his room (a small desk and a chair) and moved stuff around as I swept and mopped. And when I got far enough along that he could see the space that I intended for his computer table, he picked up the task and emptied his table, dismantled the computer, and once we moved the table to his room, he put it back together. Right now the couch is alongside his bed, meaning he'll be climbing over the couch or off the end of the bed to get in and out, but it is perfectly positioned for playing video games on his large television (from the neighbor after her mother died at the nursing home). He knows I'll go in and check on him occasionally, but he's so busy with school and homework now that I think this is the right time for this. He's not great at housework or chores, but he is a very good student and I think deserves the adult upgrade on his space (he's 17 1/2).
I'm tired, after all of that up and down into the attic. Time for a hot soak in the tub and early to bed. Lots of work for work tomorrow.